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I think you'll agree £1.257 per litre for petrol is a pretty good price.
But I only bought a gallon of it, because £0.527p for a litre of LPG is sooo much kinder on the wallet.
£1.257 / £0.527 = 2.385
Multiply 2.385 by my average LPG consumption of 23mpg gives us the petrol cost equivalent of 55mpg.
A 55mpg TVR!!!!
Not bad for a 150mph sports car that gets to 60mph in 5 seconds, and this 64.33 litre fill gives my Chimaera a very practical 325 mile range for just £33.90
I've had a few challenges but fixed them all myself and continually developed the system with ever better modern LPG components, it only seems like yesterday I started all this but the truth is I've run my Chimaera on LPG for over six years now.
And to think they said it wouldn't work
PS: Before anyone asks, yes the conversion paid for itself years ago!
But I only bought a gallon of it, because £0.527p for a litre of LPG is sooo much kinder on the wallet.
£1.257 / £0.527 = 2.385
Multiply 2.385 by my average LPG consumption of 23mpg gives us the petrol cost equivalent of 55mpg.
A 55mpg TVR!!!!
Not bad for a 150mph sports car that gets to 60mph in 5 seconds, and this 64.33 litre fill gives my Chimaera a very practical 325 mile range for just £33.90
I've had a few challenges but fixed them all myself and continually developed the system with ever better modern LPG components, it only seems like yesterday I started all this but the truth is I've run my Chimaera on LPG for over six years now.
And to think they said it wouldn't work
PS: Before anyone asks, yes the conversion paid for itself years ago!
I take it that’s Asda. Most suppliers are around the 65p a litre . Our Asda in Derby is looking to remove the pump rather than update, also a trip to Scotland towing the caravan with the LPG Honda CR-V revealed more and more garages seem to have stopped selling LPG. It is getting more difficult to find at the 50p a litre mark.
My response would be it's getting harder and harder to find petrol at £1.257 a litre 
. What I'm going to say now will probably raise a few eyebrows and seem illogical, but the truth is the price of a litre of LPG is completely irrelevant!
To explain... What's actually important is the difference between the price of a litre of petrol and a litre of LPG at the same station on the same day you're filling up with gas.
So if using your example you're buying LPG at £0.65p a litre, don't panic Mr Manering just look at what the same station is charging you for petrol, simply take the petrol price and divide it by the LPG price and this will give you the true story.
Lets give you an example:
£1.32 / £0.65 = 2.03 now multiply this by your true LPG consumption and you'll immediately know the MPG you'd need to see from a car burning petrol.... ie 23mpg X 2.03 = 46.7mpg
Don't get me wrong I like to buy my LPG cheap, but its actually far more important to me how much cheaper the LPG is compared with the petrol at the same station on the same day. So yes you may feel £0.65p a litre for LPG is expensive but when you sit down, do the maths, and realise it still means it's like driving a petrol car delivering almost 47mpg.... I'm sure you'll soon get over it
This is why I showed this receipt which shows the price of the petrol I bought against the price of the LPG I bought at this same station on the same day (yesterday).
I guess I'm lucky as I have six LPG stations within a 20 mile radius of my house, but I've never ever struggled to find LPG or run out of the stuff travelling the entire UK from end to end.... and touring the entire European continent over and over again for that matter. Yes it helps to do a little planning but mostly to make sure I'm buying my gas at the right price and I'd be doing the same running petrol anyway, lets be honest we all like to fill up with cheaper supermarket petrol.
If you run LPG I can highly recommend the excellent Fill LPG App, I run this on my Android smart phone so within seconds I can find the best prices gas on route on any journey in the UK. Six years ago people told me LPG would be phased out and would likely go up in price massively, they were wrong, they also told me I shouldn't convert my TVR because its not a fuel you should feed a sports car, they were wrong again!
I wouldn't worry too much about the future of LPG, its an unavoidable by product of the oil refining industry so while we're still making diesel and petrol we'll still unavoidably be making millions of litres of LPG. If you live off of the gas main you'll almost certainly have a big tank of the stuff in your back garden to heat your house and run your cooker hob, if you have a camper van, a gas BBQ or patio heater you'll likely be using the stuff too, all these markets aren't going away any time soon any more than Auto Gas market is going away.
Just do your maths and enjoy the savings, the numbers never lie
. What I'm going to say now will probably raise a few eyebrows and seem illogical, but the truth is the price of a litre of LPG is completely irrelevant!To explain... What's actually important is the difference between the price of a litre of petrol and a litre of LPG at the same station on the same day you're filling up with gas.
So if using your example you're buying LPG at £0.65p a litre, don't panic Mr Manering just look at what the same station is charging you for petrol, simply take the petrol price and divide it by the LPG price and this will give you the true story.
Lets give you an example:
£1.32 / £0.65 = 2.03 now multiply this by your true LPG consumption and you'll immediately know the MPG you'd need to see from a car burning petrol.... ie 23mpg X 2.03 = 46.7mpg
Don't get me wrong I like to buy my LPG cheap, but its actually far more important to me how much cheaper the LPG is compared with the petrol at the same station on the same day. So yes you may feel £0.65p a litre for LPG is expensive but when you sit down, do the maths, and realise it still means it's like driving a petrol car delivering almost 47mpg.... I'm sure you'll soon get over it
This is why I showed this receipt which shows the price of the petrol I bought against the price of the LPG I bought at this same station on the same day (yesterday).
I guess I'm lucky as I have six LPG stations within a 20 mile radius of my house, but I've never ever struggled to find LPG or run out of the stuff travelling the entire UK from end to end.... and touring the entire European continent over and over again for that matter. Yes it helps to do a little planning but mostly to make sure I'm buying my gas at the right price and I'd be doing the same running petrol anyway, lets be honest we all like to fill up with cheaper supermarket petrol.
If you run LPG I can highly recommend the excellent Fill LPG App, I run this on my Android smart phone so within seconds I can find the best prices gas on route on any journey in the UK. Six years ago people told me LPG would be phased out and would likely go up in price massively, they were wrong, they also told me I shouldn't convert my TVR because its not a fuel you should feed a sports car, they were wrong again!
I wouldn't worry too much about the future of LPG, its an unavoidable by product of the oil refining industry so while we're still making diesel and petrol we'll still unavoidably be making millions of litres of LPG. If you live off of the gas main you'll almost certainly have a big tank of the stuff in your back garden to heat your house and run your cooker hob, if you have a camper van, a gas BBQ or patio heater you'll likely be using the stuff too, all these markets aren't going away any time soon any more than Auto Gas market is going away.
Just do your maths and enjoy the savings, the numbers never lie
You’ve recently mentioned the power output using lpg.
This is a performance car designed to perform like few cars in the 90’s could.
Your fuel returns are what most lpg installers have been getting for years so really nothing new in that.
You say it’s a 5 second car to 60 mph.
Fill ya tanks and hit the test track and time it before you say another word fella.
Words are cheap as is the cost of a power run up the strip on lpg.
How can anyone be vaguely interested in lpg when they do around 2/4000 miles a year and you haven’t proven its power in a controlled environment.
You can roll off the line if you can’t race start and still do runs and calculate out the slow starts from the accurate timing slips!
These cars have a racing dna, if It wasn’t fast i’d not own it!
I might not use it but having the power there is really very important.
I’m not saying yours is now slower on lpg but you have never tested it for us all to take a closer look.
Whatever we might use our cars for and that usually involves slow driving as Tvr owners ain’t young but the fact remains we love the power and that’s what attracted many of us, that and the racing dna.
Speed trials are what these cars are about, 1/4 mile sorts the good uns from the bad uns and that includes mods,,,,
It’s the only test that matters on a Tvr.
This is a performance car designed to perform like few cars in the 90’s could.
Your fuel returns are what most lpg installers have been getting for years so really nothing new in that.
You say it’s a 5 second car to 60 mph.
Fill ya tanks and hit the test track and time it before you say another word fella.
Words are cheap as is the cost of a power run up the strip on lpg.
How can anyone be vaguely interested in lpg when they do around 2/4000 miles a year and you haven’t proven its power in a controlled environment.
You can roll off the line if you can’t race start and still do runs and calculate out the slow starts from the accurate timing slips!
These cars have a racing dna, if It wasn’t fast i’d not own it!
I might not use it but having the power there is really very important.
I’m not saying yours is now slower on lpg but you have never tested it for us all to take a closer look.
Whatever we might use our cars for and that usually involves slow driving as Tvr owners ain’t young but the fact remains we love the power and that’s what attracted many of us, that and the racing dna.
Speed trials are what these cars are about, 1/4 mile sorts the good uns from the bad uns and that includes mods,,,,
It’s the only test that matters on a Tvr.
Hi Alun 
Thanks for your friendly challenge, I'm sure you mean well?
And to answer it with facts not BS, we must first understand my Chimaera is a 4.0 litre which TVR said made 240hp on petrol but we all know was more like 220hp, a figure born out by what I recorded with my Chimaera when it was burning petrol and running the 14CUX.
So I then put my Chimaera on gas and instantly make 250hp
This is of course already 10hp more than TVR quoted, but more importantly a full 30hp more than the true number pretty much every 4.0 litre left the factory with and makes to this day.
TVR may have over stretched their horsepower figures, but the top speeds and 0-60 times they quoted were typically bob on, so when they said a 4.0 litre Chimaera which was in truth making 220hp did 152mph and 0-60 in 5.1 seconds.... that's exactly what it did!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVR_Chimaera
Now add the extra 30hp my LPG Chimaera has proven itself to deliver and I think even with the little additional weight I carry over the axle (which just improves handling and traction by the way), it's fair to say I'm reaching 60 in around 5 seconds.
And your point is Alun
Thanks for your friendly challenge, I'm sure you mean well?
And to answer it with facts not BS, we must first understand my Chimaera is a 4.0 litre which TVR said made 240hp on petrol but we all know was more like 220hp, a figure born out by what I recorded with my Chimaera when it was burning petrol and running the 14CUX.
So I then put my Chimaera on gas and instantly make 250hp
This is of course already 10hp more than TVR quoted, but more importantly a full 30hp more than the true number pretty much every 4.0 litre left the factory with and makes to this day.
TVR may have over stretched their horsepower figures, but the top speeds and 0-60 times they quoted were typically bob on, so when they said a 4.0 litre Chimaera which was in truth making 220hp did 152mph and 0-60 in 5.1 seconds.... that's exactly what it did!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVR_Chimaera
Now add the extra 30hp my LPG Chimaera has proven itself to deliver and I think even with the little additional weight I carry over the axle (which just improves handling and traction by the way), it's fair to say I'm reaching 60 in around 5 seconds.
And your point is Alun
Proof is in the pudding.
For years you have told us how good it is and how many times you have calculated your ruddy expenditure and low and behold it’s had major issues all along.
Neither your power figures or more accurately how fast it accelerates nore its handling ability has actually been tested in the field using a nutter with a helmet on in a controlled and calculated manner.
Sorry but if you don’t test your mods in real time we will never know if any of this is actually fact or imagination.
It’s a big deal promoting stuff without testing if the arse swaps ends when you need it least.
Safety comes to mind so you might be right, I hope you are as I like good mods, it’s the future but you can not say handling has been improved based on a bit of slow road driving, tracks allow proper tests that’s all.
For years you have told us how good it is and how many times you have calculated your ruddy expenditure and low and behold it’s had major issues all along.
Neither your power figures or more accurately how fast it accelerates nore its handling ability has actually been tested in the field using a nutter with a helmet on in a controlled and calculated manner.
Sorry but if you don’t test your mods in real time we will never know if any of this is actually fact or imagination.
It’s a big deal promoting stuff without testing if the arse swaps ends when you need it least.
Safety comes to mind so you might be right, I hope you are as I like good mods, it’s the future but you can not say handling has been improved based on a bit of slow road driving, tracks allow proper tests that’s all.
Forgive me as I know little about this stuff. Is that BHP at the flywheel? So that would be a calculated figure from the real wheel HP so an estimate?
Do you have a comparison rolling road test at the same time running on 98 RON petrol? That would be the really interesting comparison.
I am not sure adding weight to any car would mean a faster car. Maybe it would help in an off the line straight run from zero but not sure more weight would assist other than that.
Really interesting project and keep up the good work
Following it with interest.
Do you have a comparison rolling road test at the same time running on 98 RON petrol? That would be the really interesting comparison.
I am not sure adding weight to any car would mean a faster car. Maybe it would help in an off the line straight run from zero but not sure more weight would assist other than that.
Really interesting project and keep up the good work
Following it with interest.
When I was running one of my old range rovers on gas, it was noticeably less powerful on gas than petrol, and the fuel consumption wasn't as good on gas either. However, the fact it was half the price more than made up for it.
That car had done over 200,000 miles and was running the original Lucas ECU, so maybe not a fair comparison to the CoG car which has been mapped to take advantage of the gas and has definitely had more development than my old range had.
It would be interesting to see side by side rolling road print outs, done on the same day, everything the same, just one on gas and one on 95 unleaded (a 4 ltr Griff doesn't need 98, so I guess a 4 ltr Chim doesn't either, but I stand to be corrected on that).
To be honest, I don't think that a gas tank weighs so much to make any noticeable difference to the handling in the real world. Gas is also much lighter than petrol and you are not carrying 10 gallons of unleaded with you all the time.
That car had done over 200,000 miles and was running the original Lucas ECU, so maybe not a fair comparison to the CoG car which has been mapped to take advantage of the gas and has definitely had more development than my old range had.
It would be interesting to see side by side rolling road print outs, done on the same day, everything the same, just one on gas and one on 95 unleaded (a 4 ltr Griff doesn't need 98, so I guess a 4 ltr Chim doesn't either, but I stand to be corrected on that).
To be honest, I don't think that a gas tank weighs so much to make any noticeable difference to the handling in the real world. Gas is also much lighter than petrol and you are not carrying 10 gallons of unleaded with you all the time.
I had a commuting vehicle in my XJ8 I had converted when it was over 100,000 miles and I’d owned it about 8 years by then.
Worked great on a daily basis
Similar figures to the ones above, 2 tonne car but mainly using motorways, I have no beef with lpg
or it’s reliability even using a piggy back system.
Mine cost 2k installed using 8 injectors and other than a valve failing on the tank it was spot on.
Power figures mean little if they are not tested in real terms pulling the car and weight along, let alone the wind effect on power figures in the real world.
If a Tvr can accelerate to a certain speed in a given time and distance then it confirms if your mod has improved or indeed restricted the cars true performance and after all performance is name of the game, fuel return figures have never really mattered to most owners I’d wager
I happen to believe real tests would add to the appeal as by all accounts this cars engine is very quick with lots of power. It’s never been rebuilt that I’m aware of, a great advert for these cars with or without lpg if a decent Ecu is used.
Worked great on a daily basis
Similar figures to the ones above, 2 tonne car but mainly using motorways, I have no beef with lpg
or it’s reliability even using a piggy back system.
Mine cost 2k installed using 8 injectors and other than a valve failing on the tank it was spot on.
Power figures mean little if they are not tested in real terms pulling the car and weight along, let alone the wind effect on power figures in the real world.
If a Tvr can accelerate to a certain speed in a given time and distance then it confirms if your mod has improved or indeed restricted the cars true performance and after all performance is name of the game, fuel return figures have never really mattered to most owners I’d wager
I happen to believe real tests would add to the appeal as by all accounts this cars engine is very quick with lots of power. It’s never been rebuilt that I’m aware of, a great advert for these cars with or without lpg if a decent Ecu is used.
You're right Alun, six years and tens of thousands of real world miles probably isn't enough testing to convince the doubting Thomas's, but when it comes to convincing the ill informed and ignorant I dioubt even driving to the moon and back would change their blinkered minds.
I'll wager I use my Chimaera considerably more in one year than the average TVR owner will cover in their entire period of ownership, so if we times that by the ten years I've owned the car and the six of those its been on gas we have ourselves a shed load of testing.
To test a car thats intended to be used on the road its well advised to test it on the road, I would no more measure the quality of a race car by driving it on the road than I would measure a road car on the track.
The Chimaera is a lovely old school GT, you can drag race it and you can turn it into a track day car too but the uncomfortable truth is there are many many better choices for this type of motorsport activity than a TVR Chimaera. My development philosophy for my Chimaera is all about enhancing the already great natural abilities of a classic Grand Touring sports car and has nothing to do with motorsport.
I'm not trying to fight the original Chimaera design language by making it into something it was never intended to be, I'm developing and polishing what the designers intended to simply make it do what they set out to achieve a little better.
I won't be taking my Chimaera on the track because it was and never will be for me a car for the track, I don't need to prove myself to anyone but I'm happy to demonstrate in black and white my 23 year old LPG Chimaera most definitely makes more power on gas than it did when it left Bristol Avenue back in 1996 when it exclusively consumed petrol.
If you take a car's weight and you also know what power it makes the rest is just mathamatics, so theres really no need to goad me into some kind of macho display of ego Alun because I've already laid the facts very clearly before you.
Anyway whilst you've turned a post about economy into one about performance which is completely off topic, I'm always happy to answer your challenge with facts which is exactly what I've done.
So in return and to get this post back on topic hows about sharing the fuel economy you enjoy from your 450, which to put the performance diversion to bed once and for all is a Chimaera I'm sure is faster than my 4.0 litre.
Best regards mate, Dave
I'll wager I use my Chimaera considerably more in one year than the average TVR owner will cover in their entire period of ownership, so if we times that by the ten years I've owned the car and the six of those its been on gas we have ourselves a shed load of testing.
To test a car thats intended to be used on the road its well advised to test it on the road, I would no more measure the quality of a race car by driving it on the road than I would measure a road car on the track.
The Chimaera is a lovely old school GT, you can drag race it and you can turn it into a track day car too but the uncomfortable truth is there are many many better choices for this type of motorsport activity than a TVR Chimaera. My development philosophy for my Chimaera is all about enhancing the already great natural abilities of a classic Grand Touring sports car and has nothing to do with motorsport.
I'm not trying to fight the original Chimaera design language by making it into something it was never intended to be, I'm developing and polishing what the designers intended to simply make it do what they set out to achieve a little better.
I won't be taking my Chimaera on the track because it was and never will be for me a car for the track, I don't need to prove myself to anyone but I'm happy to demonstrate in black and white my 23 year old LPG Chimaera most definitely makes more power on gas than it did when it left Bristol Avenue back in 1996 when it exclusively consumed petrol.
If you take a car's weight and you also know what power it makes the rest is just mathamatics, so theres really no need to goad me into some kind of macho display of ego Alun because I've already laid the facts very clearly before you.
Anyway whilst you've turned a post about economy into one about performance which is completely off topic, I'm always happy to answer your challenge with facts which is exactly what I've done.
So in return and to get this post back on topic hows about sharing the fuel economy you enjoy from your 450, which to put the performance diversion to bed once and for all is a Chimaera I'm sure is faster than my 4.0 litre.
Best regards mate, Dave
Ego’s have no place in scientific testing.
Performance or claims of performance are just that.
I’d have thought you would enjoy testing the science to calibrate your findings the way these things have always been done via Seat of your pants and a timing device.
I have no idea why from a science point of view you don’t wish to do this but hey hoo, carry on bud.
Performance or claims of performance are just that.
I’d have thought you would enjoy testing the science to calibrate your findings the way these things have always been done via Seat of your pants and a timing device.
I have no idea why from a science point of view you don’t wish to do this but hey hoo, carry on bud.
Exactly Alun, my car... my choice!
However never one to duck a question I can tell you I have weighed the car and it comes in at just 1100kg wet, so just 40kg more than a standard Chimaera and it carried that weight in the right place which is definitely to its advantage!
I then put it on a rolling road but when on old Magic Jet injectors and the too higher pressure Prins VSI vaporiser, with these inferior components it made 250hp and 260 torques.
Since this it now sports better mapping work by yours truly, a far superior Magic 3 Power vaporiser and much more modern latest technology fluropolimer coated LPG Tech Yeti injectors so its not like it's making less. I've also replaced the cheapo engine sensors with qually items so its actuall streets ahead of when I last had it on the rollers but still made more horsepower than most 400's
It now has the excellent Bremo brakes too which are massively better than stock and Ben Langs fantastic Bilsteins that are Tuscan S valved and sprung specifically for the car and designed to work with that extra 40kg over the rear axle so Im confident she stops snd handles way way better than when she was was new.
Its definitely a faster car than your average 400 because I've got mates will standard 400s, I've also go a mate with a mighty five litre and its not like he's getting away from me on the twisted either.
Soo I've got a tonn of mates with Chimaeras of different engine sues and while I'm right up there on pace with the best of them Im the only one doing the petrol cost equivalent of 55mpg.
That's good enough for me, so as far as I'm concerned theres no brutal clutch shredding and diff destroying dragstrip needed, it would just be a waste of my money and to prove what to who?
However never one to duck a question I can tell you I have weighed the car and it comes in at just 1100kg wet, so just 40kg more than a standard Chimaera and it carried that weight in the right place which is definitely to its advantage!
I then put it on a rolling road but when on old Magic Jet injectors and the too higher pressure Prins VSI vaporiser, with these inferior components it made 250hp and 260 torques.
Since this it now sports better mapping work by yours truly, a far superior Magic 3 Power vaporiser and much more modern latest technology fluropolimer coated LPG Tech Yeti injectors so its not like it's making less. I've also replaced the cheapo engine sensors with qually items so its actuall streets ahead of when I last had it on the rollers but still made more horsepower than most 400's
It now has the excellent Bremo brakes too which are massively better than stock and Ben Langs fantastic Bilsteins that are Tuscan S valved and sprung specifically for the car and designed to work with that extra 40kg over the rear axle so Im confident she stops snd handles way way better than when she was was new.
Its definitely a faster car than your average 400 because I've got mates will standard 400s, I've also go a mate with a mighty five litre and its not like he's getting away from me on the twisted either.
Soo I've got a tonn of mates with Chimaeras of different engine sues and while I'm right up there on pace with the best of them Im the only one doing the petrol cost equivalent of 55mpg.
That's good enough for me, so as far as I'm concerned theres no brutal clutch shredding and diff destroying dragstrip needed, it would just be a waste of my money and to prove what to who?
Dave, with respect, this thread follows the same path as many of your others - 10000 words where 100 will do.
I am no expert on LPG conversions but my view is the following; there are circa 8500 fuel stations in the UK. Only around 1500 sell LPG, less than 20%; this is a nuisance. The conversion adds weight (I would imagine - please correct me if wrong), it narrows an already niche market at resale time, and this is before we factor in the initial and substantial expenditure of the conversion, and the time taken to convert. Fuel economy is quite possibly the lowest priority for a TVR buyer. Most of our cars cover 3000 miles per annum, or less! Why on the earth would the majority of TVR owners ever consider a conversion like this? It doesn't make any logical sense.
If LPG were the way forward, manufacturers would offer proper, factory built LPG ready vehicles. Not a single manufacturer does.
I am no expert on LPG conversions but my view is the following; there are circa 8500 fuel stations in the UK. Only around 1500 sell LPG, less than 20%; this is a nuisance. The conversion adds weight (I would imagine - please correct me if wrong), it narrows an already niche market at resale time, and this is before we factor in the initial and substantial expenditure of the conversion, and the time taken to convert. Fuel economy is quite possibly the lowest priority for a TVR buyer. Most of our cars cover 3000 miles per annum, or less! Why on the earth would the majority of TVR owners ever consider a conversion like this? It doesn't make any logical sense.
If LPG were the way forward, manufacturers would offer proper, factory built LPG ready vehicles. Not a single manufacturer does.
ChimpOnGas said:
Exactly Alun, my car... my choice!
However never one to duck a question I can tell you I have weighed the car and it comes in at just 1100kg wet, so just 40kg more than a standard Chimaera and it carried that weight in the right place which is definitely to its advantage!
I then put it on a rolling road but when on old Magic Jet injectors and the too higher pressure Prins VSI vaporiser, with these inferior components it made 250hp and 260 torques.
Since this it now sports better mapping work by yours truly, a far superior Magic 3 Power vaporiser and much more modern latest technology fluropolimer coated LPG Tech Yeti injectors so its not like it's making less. I've also replaced the cheapo engine sensors with qually items so its actuall streets ahead of when I last had it on the rollers but still made more horsepower than most 400's
It now has the excellent Bremo brakes too which are massively better than stock and Ben Langs fantastic Bilsteins that are Tuscan S valved and sprung specifically for the car and designed to work with that extra 40kg over the rear axle so Im confident she stops snd handles way way better than when she was was new.
Its definitely a faster car than your average 400 because I've got mates will standard 400s, I've also go a mate with a mighty five litre and its not like he's getting away from me on the twisted either.
Soo I've got a tonn of mates with Chimaeras of different engine sues and while I'm right up there on pace with the best of them Im the only one doing the petrol cost equivalent of 55mpg.
That's good enough for me, so as far as I'm concerned theres no brutal clutch shredding and diff destroying dragstrip needed, it would just be a waste of my money and to prove what to who?
See I know you have the best shocks,tyres and brakes already so your ready to go,,,, However never one to duck a question I can tell you I have weighed the car and it comes in at just 1100kg wet, so just 40kg more than a standard Chimaera and it carried that weight in the right place which is definitely to its advantage!
I then put it on a rolling road but when on old Magic Jet injectors and the too higher pressure Prins VSI vaporiser, with these inferior components it made 250hp and 260 torques.
Since this it now sports better mapping work by yours truly, a far superior Magic 3 Power vaporiser and much more modern latest technology fluropolimer coated LPG Tech Yeti injectors so its not like it's making less. I've also replaced the cheapo engine sensors with qually items so its actuall streets ahead of when I last had it on the rollers but still made more horsepower than most 400's
It now has the excellent Bremo brakes too which are massively better than stock and Ben Langs fantastic Bilsteins that are Tuscan S valved and sprung specifically for the car and designed to work with that extra 40kg over the rear axle so Im confident she stops snd handles way way better than when she was was new.
Its definitely a faster car than your average 400 because I've got mates will standard 400s, I've also go a mate with a mighty five litre and its not like he's getting away from me on the twisted either.
Soo I've got a tonn of mates with Chimaeras of different engine sues and while I'm right up there on pace with the best of them Im the only one doing the petrol cost equivalent of 55mpg.
That's good enough for me, so as far as I'm concerned theres no brutal clutch shredding and diff destroying dragstrip needed, it would just be a waste of my money and to prove what to who?
If your car can’t take a couple of traffic light starts it wouldn’t be fit for purpose....
You can roll away, no excuses,,, it’s a great craic
It would confirm you have added something rather than take the one thing away that matters in a Tvr, acceleration.
I believe you and presume you would do a very competitive time, now that’s glory me old mate.
Kind regards Al.
I know you all love my 55mpg posts boys 
I repeat them ever year or so just to remind you its possible for all if you want to follow my lead, and to let you all know its still working just fine on my car especially since I took control of a few details myself.
And lets not forget there's a natural churn of ownership with these cars, so while many of us have been reading and contributing to these pages for years and may well know my LPG story.... many more will be reading about it for the very first time
Of course there's a new younger TVR buyer out there too, this new buyer may well be interested in finding ways of reducing the emmissions of his TVR as he is probably more environmentally conscious than us old dinosaurs.
Just keeping the awareness campaign alive really chaps, and after six years running my TVR Chimaera on gas I'm still proving all those miserable doubting Thomas' wrong too
Have a great weekend, I'll be heading down to Goodwood on Sunday in 'Ol Gasbag' which will only cost me £20 In LPG instead of probably more like £50 In petrol, I'll be having a slap up pub lunch with my savings and there'll be some left over so why not join me and I'll buy you a pint
I repeat them ever year or so just to remind you its possible for all if you want to follow my lead, and to let you all know its still working just fine on my car especially since I took control of a few details myself.
And lets not forget there's a natural churn of ownership with these cars, so while many of us have been reading and contributing to these pages for years and may well know my LPG story.... many more will be reading about it for the very first time
Of course there's a new younger TVR buyer out there too, this new buyer may well be interested in finding ways of reducing the emmissions of his TVR as he is probably more environmentally conscious than us old dinosaurs.
Just keeping the awareness campaign alive really chaps, and after six years running my TVR Chimaera on gas I'm still proving all those miserable doubting Thomas' wrong too
Have a great weekend, I'll be heading down to Goodwood on Sunday in 'Ol Gasbag' which will only cost me £20 In LPG instead of probably more like £50 In petrol, I'll be having a slap up pub lunch with my savings and there'll be some left over so why not join me and I'll buy you a pint
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